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  1. Venturous Randy
    Actually, here in the mountains of east Tennesee, our weather is more moderate. We have cooler summers and warmer winters than most of the country north of us and a lot cooler summers than the country south of us. Even in the middle of the summer, an hours ride may get me in the lower 70's or even upper 60's, but we are at elevations over 6,000 feet. It is a beautiful place to live if you like riding in the mountains. RandyA
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    From 11am until dark, I was outside in shorts today and tomorrow is supposed to be beautiful also. I feel blessed I was born here and call this part of the country home. RandyA
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    Right before I turned 14, and all my friends were starting to smoke, I got a motorcycle, a 125 Ducati. A pack of cigarettes and a gallon of gas were about the same and I felt I could have a lot more fun on a gallon of gas, than a pack of cigarettes. Just keep in mind, smoking is not a natural thing to do and you had to teach yourself to smoke. Cigarettes are simply a drug delivery system. RandyA
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    Ditto. They can be removed and some probably come off easier than others, but they are also easy to crack or chip when trying to get the lens off. The headlight unit shows up on ebay fairly routinely and sometimes go cheap or they get bid up a bit. If you don't need it real quickly, just watch ebay and see what pops up, or we may have a member on here that has one. RandyA
  5. Venturous Randy
    First of all, welcome to the site and it will be the best $12 investment you will ever make in your bike. Next, when asking a question, please make sure you note what particular bike you have, such as in your case, an 83 Venture. Now for your question. Can we assume the left side engine cover was removed? I ask this because our intrepretation of "shift pin" may be not be what you meant. Can we also assume you did not put a new gasket on? Another area for a leak is where the stator wires go thru the grommet. Can you tell where the leak is actually coming from? To actually answer your question, you can get the gasket from Yamaha, or there are probably several others on here that stock that gasket. RandyA
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    Carb syncing should be done on ocassion, even if the bike is running fine. It is easy to do and if you check around, you may find a local member that will be delighted to do it for you. If you wanted to come toward Johnson City, I can do it for you. I also suggest that you check your carb diaphragms and your fuel mixture settings. All of this is in here and if you have not figured it out yet, this will be the best $12 you will ever spend on your bike by joining this group. RandyA
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    I also came out of the Venturers group, but never felt at home there. I made a trip to Birmingham on the bike and while there ran into Don Harrell and his wife, who asked me if I was going to Vogal and my response was "What's a Vogal?" I went on Ventureriders and have met some really great folks and feel truly blessed to be here. Not sure when I joined, but it was just before Vogal 1. RandyA
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    Which carburators does the engine have? The difference in the TCI is whether it takes the vacuum from above the throttle plate(83) or below (86 up). I personally do not think this is your problem. RandyA
  9. Venturous Randy
    May need to check to see where the thermostat by-pass is set. But, it is probably ok and I do believe these bikes do get some cooling on a cold day just from the air. RandyA
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    What is the tenative schedule on this? I am still looking at my options, such as spending the night with a friend that lives there and Linda's situation. Right now I have so much that needs to be done before the appraisal I am getting to refinance at a lower rate on my house. I would really love to get together, but I am just not sure at the moment. RandyA
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    Occasionally, as I did back during my birthday week on a trip to the coast, I will trailer my bike. It makes it very convenient to be able to pack what you want and to not worry about having to adjust for bad weather. I knew going to the Outer Banks that weather would be an issue and being there from Friday to Wednesday gave me three good days that I put 450 miles on the bike. I then took the car on the ferry over to Okracoke Island and got caught up in Tropical Storm Nicole. Yes, it would have been great to be able to enjoy the bike there, but a tropical storm on a bike is not my idea of having a good time. And, having a good time is what I did. RandyA
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    That's not fair, what did you do to correct the problem. Enquiring minds want to know. RandyA
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    Had a similar problem on a friend's 89 and it ended up being a corroded resistor in one of the spark plug caps. Spent a good part of a day tracing that down and it should have been simple, but I know now. RandyA
  14. Venturous Randy
    I am in the Engineering Lab at A O Smith and we produce the waterheater you have pictured. Obviously, I am a little biased and feel ours are the best. Are you sure you need a direct vent type water heater and not just a regular gas? RandyA
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    I may have missed the comment, but the 1st thing to do is make SURE the bike is in neutral as I have had mine in gear and when doing the slight roll backwards it bound up slightly. Also, as noted, I cut a half inch out of each leg and it helped a lot. This is especially good for me as I do not run any more air in the rear shock than I need to due to being somewhat in-seam challenged. Also, as noted, I did install a steel wheel to the outside of the right leg and can twirl the bike around on smooth concrete with slight pressure on the trunk. My next project is going to be adding about 3 inches to the arm where the foot pad is. That will increase the leverage a lot in my opinion. RandyA
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    I have been very pleased with the needle shim mod that I did. Yes, I did have to tweak it in a little as the 1st try made the bike run crappy. But, now I am seeing mpg's up to 48 if not running 75mph down the interstate. Before, 42mpg was a real good day. Also, I run it hard a lot and really can not tell power is down at all. I will bet if you tweaked yours in a little, you would also see an improvement with the bike still running great. RandyA
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    Hey SlyWoody, great to hear from you again. Yep, great pictures and thanks for showing them. I still have some on one of the cameras I have not posted yet, so maybe I can add a few more. And just what Bubba pics are you refering to? RandyA
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    Hey Mark, both Riderduke and I had a problem with a Trojan virus or spyware when we tried to open the url. I would love to see them, but I am afraid to open anything, especially with my home computer. RandyA
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    I would love to see the pictures, but can not chance opening it, especially at home. RandyA
  20. Venturous Randy
    While at work earlier this morning I went on the "Pics from Asheville" site and opened the photobucket URL. I immediately got a Trojan virus warning and a box about some spyware that I could not turn off. I rebooted and it did not help. I then did the free scan thing and was told I would have to purchase the anti-spyware program. When I finally got that box off and rebooted, I could not get on the internet or our company intranet. I had to call the IT department and have them go thru it. I did try our Malware program and it did not help. but with their updated program, IT was able to fix it. I have no idea what happened as it is obvious others were able to open the site. RandyA
  21. Venturous Randy
    I would change the plugs and I get great service out of cheap Autolites I get from Advance Auto at less than $2 each. RandyA
  22. Venturous Randy
    Keep us posted. My weekend has opened up some other than the home remodeling I am doing. RandyA
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    Hey Wayne, I am over in Johnson City and may be able to work something out. Right now my weekend looks pretty busy with a bunch of stuff to do around the house getting ready for an appraisal to refinance after the divorce. Maybe SGN can also get together as he lives near Kingsport also. My cell is in my profile. Oh, according to Eck, watch out for the red light cameras in Kingsport. RandyA
  24. Venturous Randy
    I am always leary of posting a note on here about something on Ebay. I would like to flag something, but I feel it is a little unfair to those that have taken the time and made the effort to follow something. My feeling is that if you did not make the effort to search, the prize should go to someone that did. RandyA
  25. Venturous Randy
    You are a good man Steve. RandyA
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